Thomas Jefferson Anticipated the Present

“It is of great importance to set a resolution, not to be shaken, never to tell an untruth. There is no vice so mean, so pitiful, so contemptible; and he who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and a third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the world’s believing him. This falsehood of the tongue leads to that of the heart, and in time depraves all its good disposition.” Thomas Jefferson, letter to Peter Carr, 1785

As did John Adams, whose prayer is inscribed in the front of the fireplace mantle in the White House State Dining Room,

“I pray to heaven to bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise men ever rule under this roof.”

And did H. L. Mencken in his commentary on the Presidency,

"As democracy is perfected, the office of President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." The Baltimore Evening Sun, 26 July 1920

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Thomas Jefferson anticipated the present, and you prove that with a single Thomas Jefferson quote, taken completely out of the context in which it was written.

Not Thomas Jefferson the next quote is from John Adams from a letter he wrote to his wife.

Finally, a H.L. Mencken quote from 1920.

Not Thomas Jefferson either, but he got it spot on: "..On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

Jefferson probably anticipated more than a few little Barack's every time he had sex with his slave and lover Sally Hemmings. They had 6 children together, 4 of which survived to adulthood from what I've read. Apparently, Jefferson treated their children better than he treated his slaves.

So Don, Jefferson certainly was wise beyond his years. It has come to fruition. A child of a white parent and a black parent is now President of the United States.

I am absolutely certain that Jefferson would be so proud of President Barack Obama. And if he were alive today he would have been able to marry Sally. Times have changed.

"If anyone is wondering why the Right Wing Tea Party Republicans are in a frenzy, one need only see what is happening now that the reality of the Affordable Care Act is emerging. The lies they told are coming back to bite them.

They are attempting to discourage young American citizens from going to the exchanges by telling them Obamacare will either be too expensive or an intrusion from the government. Good things are happening however. Inasmuch as the Right Wing is being outright destructive with the nation’s economy in their attempt to derail Obamacare. Empirical and factual data is proven to be a hindrance to their obstructionist tactics."

"The State Health Bureaucracy in Texas is actually promoting Obamacare. That is a feat in its own right. On October 1st, the Obamacare health exchange servers were overwhelmed because of the inordinately large number of people accessing it.

Republicans racing for Obamacare
The coup de grace, however, is the stories that are now coming out of Republicans who are going onto the exchanges and realizing that they had been lied to. This was the case with Republican Butch Matthews, a 61-year-old former small business owner from Little Rock, Arkansas. ThinkProgress reports that,

Butch Matthews is a 61-year-old former small business owner from Little Rock, Arkansas who used to wake up every morning at 4 A.M. to deliver canned beverages to retailers before retiring in 2010. A lifelong Republican, he was heavily skeptical of the Affordable Care Act when it first passed. “I did not think that Obamacare was going to be a good plan, I did not think that it was going to help me at all,” he told ThinkProgress over the phone.

But after doing a little research, Matthews eventually realized how much the law could help him. And on Tuesday, his local Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) provider confirmed that he would be able to buy a far better plan than his current policy while saving at least $13,000 per year through Arkansas’ Obamacare marketplace. [Source]

It turns out that pre-Obamacare, Matthews was paying $1069.per month with a $10,000 deductible. Matthews’ doctor visits went from a co-pay of $150 to $8. Matthews has a simple message to all Americans. He says,

I would tell them to learn more about it before they start talking bad about it,” he noted. “Be more informed, get more information, take your time and study and not just go by just what you hear on one side or the other. Actually check the facts on it. [Source]

This story is not unlike Clint Murphy’s story. Murphy is a 38 year old Republican operative. He worked for Republican US Senator Paul Coverdell in the 1990s, Republican Casey Cagle in 2006, John McCain in 2008, and Republican Karen Handel’s gubernatorial campaign in 2010. He has come to his senses and simply could not wait for the exchanges to open.

Neither of these guys has given up on their Conservative ideology. They are Republicans. The difference is unlike Right Wing Tea Party Republicans, they are honest and pragmatic. They are willing to let the truth lead. The Tea Party realizes that their credibility is coming to an end for most Americans."

The WaPo fact checker gave Obama two Pinocchios for providing misinformation on the young "invincibles". The admin sought 40% and got only 28%, but let us and the media to believe it was 35%.

"But some readers cried foul, saying the president highlighted a misleading number in his news conference. The young invincibles are between the ages of 18 and 34 — and as White House “fact sheet” acknowledged, that figure is 28 percent. The 35 percent figures includes children under the age of 18."

Healthcare cost were always going to go up and any idiot knows that. What, Don? Were you going to ship all of the Baby Boomers out to your private Island in the pacific just to keep retirees from adding to healthcare costs?

By the way, healthcare was provided to those who couldn't afford it through our emergency rooms and we all paid for it with higher costs.

The ACA was designed to bring down the growth curve in healthcare costs. And according to the CBO, it has already done that.

If you have medicare it has already strengthened your coverage. If you have the VA, you already have single payer.

If you have private health coverage, it has been improved.

Gube Perry used 97% of the Obama stimulus to try and balance the budget claiming Texas should get every federal dollar back it gives the the Federal Gov.

Gube balks at upwards of over 80 billion dollars over the next decade to cover the highest rate of uninsured in the nation, but refuses.